NZIFF recommends this programme for children aged 4+
Films — by Country
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- Tonga
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Russia
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Animation for Kids 8+
NZIFF recommends this programme for children aged 8+
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Animation NOW! Black & White
A surprising amount of animation is created in black and white. This carefully curated programme musters a collection of shorts that harness the creative promise of light, shade, form, texture and movement – without colour.
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Animation NOW! Dark Hearts
From the dark side, this bold, bracing collection of short films goes deeper and blacker than live-action will allow.
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Animation NOW! Living Masters New Works
Seriously impressive new work from nine of the biggest names in the animation pantheon is brought together in this stimulating and highly enjoyable programme.
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Animation NOW! The Best of Punto y Raya
Based in Barcelona, Punto y Raya is a nomadic festival celebrating the art of animation in its most abstract forms. Prepare to be dazzled. This collection showcases highlights of the 2016 edition.
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Animation NOW! The Finalists
A programme of shortlisted finalists from this year’s Animation NOW!, judged by a panel of programmers and animators, with a jury prize donated by Victoria University Wellington, School of Design awarded to the winning film on the night.
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A Gentle Creature
Krotkaya
Ukrainian feature and documentary maker Sergei Loznitsa’s new dramatic film is a glowering state-of-the-nation fable, a bitter mix of tragedy, farce and road movie soaked in the sardonic spirit of Gogol and Dostoyevsky.
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Hostages
Mdzevlebi
This nerve-jangling political thriller depicts a shocking true story from 1983, when a group of young middle-class Georgians attempted to hijack a plane to Turkey to escape the Soviet Union.
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Loveless
Nelyubov
Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan) won the Cannes Jury Prize for his stark and gripping tale of a divorcing couple caught in a missing-child procedural.